Ronald Rovers, owner/Director of RiBuilT , has been active in international energy and materials research‑related to the built environment for many years. He has been affiliated with Wageningen University, Zuyd University UAS, and recently as distinguished Fellow of the TU Eindhoven, fac. Built Environment, and as Guest Professor on several Universities

For 25 years runs his own research office, first as SBScentre, now as RiBuilT. He is a well-known speaker, writer, and futurethinker, he organized many conferences in the field. In 2000 he was the organizer and chairman of the First World Conference Sustainable Building, in Maastricht, Netherlands . He is currently also an Ambassdor for ‘the Soil protection foundation”.

Currently he mainly writes books and short articles, to explore real sustainability and closing cycles, and the consequences for daily life, especially if we have to live without Fossil Fuels. Regularly he holds masterclasses on ‘Post Fossil Living”.

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